Thread: Fall fishin for the novice...

Fished Barnett on Tuesday and found them in 6' of water on flats holding somewhere in the bottom half of the water column next to steep ledges falling into 12-18'. Seemed to be ambushing bait coming out of the river channel. I would let my boat slide off into deep water and when I pushed back up onto the ledge it was on! I was pushing four rods, 2 with straight miners and 2 with straight jigs. I think I caught an equal amount between the two. For me, the key was finding those ledges with big drop offs.

I can't say I have found a consistent pattern this time of year. I tend to do a lot of running and hit several different type of areas but when I find one I find a dozen or more. I fished five spots before I had my friend rest fish at 11am. They could be 3' or 13' but when you hit them you hit big. That being said, on Barnett, I fish ledges, creek channels, and humps 90% of the time versus visible standing timber.

Oh, I do tend to use larger profile baits this time of year as the shad are bigger.